Quotes by Bill Bryson, The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid

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I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to. — Bill Bryson, The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
Mr. Schlubb, the pear-shaped PE teacher, sent us all out to run half a dozen laps around a preposterously enormous cinde — Bill Bryson, The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
I used to give X-ray vision a lot of thought because I couldn’t see how it could work. I mean, if you could see through — Bill Bryson, The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
They were Republicans, Nixon Republicans, and so didn't subscribe to the notion that laws are supposed to apply to all p — Bill Bryson, The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
They talk about big skies in the western United States, and they may indeed have them, but you have never seen such loft — Bill Bryson, The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
Imagine having a city full of things that no other city had. — Bill Bryson, The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
It’s a bit burned,” my mother would say apologetically at every meal, presenting you with a piece of meat that looked li — Bill Bryson, The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid